Certified Coins

Certified coins offered for your added confidence, graded by the NGC. 

Anglo Saxon, Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht, Early Penny (Sceat or Sceatta), 737-758

Obverse: Small cross to centre, legend around, E◊TBERhTVΓ

Reverse:  Stylised stag or beast 

Size: 13mm, 0.99g

Grade: NGC AU Cert no: 6945305-030 enviromental damage

Ref: S847

£280 (P&P FREE to all locations) #1549

Danelaw, Viking East Anglia, St. Edmund Memorial Silver Penny, Rodulf Moneyer, c885-915, RARE

Obverse:Capital A in inner circle, + S (reversed) C (reversed) C E.AD IVI = +SC EADMVND RE - S[an]C[te] Eadmunde King (later types are somewhat blundered)

Reverse: Small cross patee in inner circle, +RODULII (possibly Rodulf moneyer)

Size: 18mm, 1.36g

Grade: NGC AU Cert no: 6945305-039 enviromental damage

Ref: cf Blackburn's Viking Coinage in British Isles, p277, North 483, S960

£1,200 (P&P FREE to all locations) #1548

Ancient Greek, Attica, Aegina, Tortoise Obol, 350-338 BC, SCARCE

Obverse: Tortoise, A in right field (counterstruck on back)

Reverse: Quinquepartie incuse square, Φ in one division

Size: 10mm, 0.89g

Grade: F; Strike: 4/5; Surface: 4/5 (graded as VF by Naumann)

Ref: SNG Copenhagen 518, Sear 2608 var

NGC number:6945695-003

£460 (P&P FREE to all locations)

Ancient Greek, Attica, Aegina, Tortoise Stater, 457-350 BC, SCARCE

Obverse: Tortoise with segmented shell

Reverse: Quinquepartie incuse square

Size: 18mm, 12.30g

Grade: F; strike: 5/5; surface: 3/5 (Graded as VF/Scarce by DNW)

Ref: SNG Copenhagen 516

NGC number: 6945695-004

£700 (P&P FREE to all locations)

Ancient Greek, Elis, Olympia, AR Hemidrachm, Produced Specifically for the Original Olympics, after c360 BC, EXTREMELY SCARCE

Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus facing right

Reverse: Eagle standing right on iconic column capital between the letters F A

Size: 15mm,  2.68g

Grade: NGC Ch VF, strike 5/5, surface 3/5   

Ref: S2895 var, cf Saltman 177, 334

NGC number: 6944875-002

Note: These coins were only available during the ancient Olympiads, occuring every 4 years, and was the only currency accepted during the games. This coin would have been issued at around the time of the 107th/108th Olympiad and would have possibly been kept as a souveniers. 

£400  (P&P FREE to all locations)